NEW Poem – Aran Donovan: we come from animalcules

It is unique, readers, but what is this quality? Perhaps a concept we can’t do without? Today we’re happy to share from the latest issue Aran Donovan‘s unmistakeable lyric, “we come from animalcules“:

Aran Donovan - we come from animalcules[sample]

This poem first appeared inĀ SC 4.3. Support the artist and the magazine: subscribe. Or get your print and download copies over at Etsy. Read on!

Steve Coughlin: Ernest Medley’s Situation

Today we’re delighted to pull up from the archive this fiction, which may or may not remind us of one of our New Year’s resolutions, by Steve Coughlin: “Ernest Medley’s Situation.”

Steve Coughlin - Ernest Medley's Situation [sample]

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This story originally appeared in SC 3.2. Support the author and the arts by purchasing or downloading here. For more delightful fiction, subscribe. Keep warm, readers and: read on!

Meredith Summers: Loose Lips Ruin Invasions

Readers, today we’re sharing, for your eyefeasting, from issue 3.1, a glistering flash by Meredith Summers, “Loose Lips Ruin Invasions“:

Meredith Summers - Loose Lips Ruin Invasions [sample]

You should pick up a copy of Vol. III No. 1 from our store, download, and subscribe—oh how we love it when you subscribe, hon. Read on!

Pushcart Nominees 2015

Dear Readers, about this time each year the Pushcart nomination season offers an opportunity to honor a few of our authors. These choices are tough, as we love all the work we publish, and everyone on the team helped out. For the Pushcart Prizes XLI we nominate:

Check out issues 4.3 and 4.2, and get your copies here. We’d be falling down on the job if we didn’t mention you can subscribe (& order gift subscriptions) thisaway. Also and too, share your work. Read on!

Jay Hansford C. Vest: Sixteen Bones and a Warrior

What we remember is what we remember, and what we believe others remember matters just as much. We’re proud today to share, from the latest issue,Ā Jay Hansford C. Vest‘s transgenre essayĀ “Sixteen Bones and a Warrior“:

Jay Hansford C. Vest - Sixteen Bones and a Warrior [sample]

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This creative nonfiction piece originally appeared inĀ SC 4.3. Support the author and the arts — subscribe! purchase a copy of the issue! or download! Submitters can click here. And as always, read on.